Phrase guide

head of household

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

The person responsible for governing a group that lives together, such as a family.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

the head of a household or family or tribe

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: head, chief, top dog

Narrower terms: matriarch, materfamilias, patriarch, paterfamilias

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

51 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: i zoti — household role
  • Belarusian: галава́ сям'і́ (halavá sjamʺí) — household role
  • Bulgarian: глава́ на семе́йството (glavá na seméjstvoto) — household role
  • Chinese Mandarin: 戶主 /户主 (hùzhǔ) — household role
  • Chinese Mandarin: 家長 /家长 (jiāzhǎng) — household role
  • Czech: hlava rodiny — household role
  • Dutch: heer des huizes — household role
  • Esperanto: domestro — household role
  • Finnish: perheenpää — household role
  • Finnish: perheenhuoltaja — household role
  • French: chef de famille — household role
  • Galician: patrón — household role
  • Galician: patroa — household role
  • German: Haushaltsvorstand — household role
  • German: Haushaltungsvorstand — household role
  • Greek: νοικοκύρης (noikokýris) — household role
  • Greek: νοικοκυρά (noikokyrá) — household role
  • Greek: κύρης (kýris) — household role
  • Ancient Greek: δεσπότης (despótēs) — household role
  • Hindi: गृहपति (gŕhpati) — household role
  • Hindi: घर का मुखिया (ghar kā mukhiyā) — household role
  • White Hmong: tswv tsev — household role
  • Hungarian: családfő — household role
  • Irish: fear an tí — household role
  • Irish: bean an tí — household role
  • Italian: capofamiglia — household role
  • Japanese: 世帯主 (setainushi) — household role
  • Japanese: 家長 (kachō) — household role
  • Kannada: ಎರೆ (ere) — household role
  • Korean: 세대주 (sedaeju) — household role
  • Korean: 가장 (gajang) — household role
  • Latin: pater familiās — household role
  • Lithuanian: šeiminiñkas — household role
  • Pali: gahapati — household role
  • Iranian Persian: بُزُرْگ (bozorg) — household role
  • Polabian: vart — household role
  • Polish: głowa rodziny — household role
  • Prakrit: 𑀕𑀺𑀳𑀯𑀇 (gihavaï) — household role
  • Romanian: cap de familie — household role
  • Russian: глава́ семьи́ (glavá semʹí) — household role
  • Sanskrit: गृहपति (gṛhapati) — household role
  • Sicilian: capufamigghia — household role
  • Slovak: hlava rodiny — household role
  • Spanish: cabeza de familia — household role
  • Spanish: jefe de familia — household role
  • Spanish: jefe de hogar — household role
  • Spanish: padre de familia — household role
  • Tibetan: ཁྱིམ་པ (khyim pa) — household role
  • Ukrainian: голова́ сім'ї́ (holová simʺjí) — household role
  • Ukrainian: голова́ роди́ни (holová rodýny) — household role
  • Ukrainian: голова́ домогоспода́рства (holová domohospodárstva) — household role